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Northfield, Vermont

Community in Washington County, Vermont

Air quality

The air at Northfield

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 35 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northfield

None in the last 24 hours; 2.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Northfield, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Northfield, VermontReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Northfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mount MansfieldS2041

At a soil climate station/28.7 mi away/2,236 ft/1,396 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank282of 354

measured daily2 instruments

WaitsfieldWAIV1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/1,142 ft/302 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Barre-Montpelier, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Northfield, Vermont. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Barre-Montpelier, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BARRE-MONTPELIERSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBarre-Montpelier, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

36.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Barre-Montpelier: temperature 36.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPVFIG. B THE AIR AT BARRE-MONTPELIERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 36.0 F, 35.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBarre-Montpelier, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Barre-Montpelier, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPVFIG. C THE WIND AT BARRE-MONTPELIERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBarre-Montpelier, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Barre-Montpelier, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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